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12-28-2020, 08:25 PM | #21 |
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OH, THIS! If I recall, Fukuda has only written six episodes for Q1, with Hasegawa maybe in the same number. I think it was a different set of writers that meddled with Kento's character and rationale during Q1 and it was Fukuda who wrote Kento back to his regular self during Dragonic's debut.
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12-28-2020, 09:55 PM | #22 |
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That's shocking to me, especially rewatching so much Kabuto at the moment. That whole trope is so baked into the franchise at this point there's no way it should ever come off as fresh, but this episode made me instantly grow a huge appreciation for all the plotting decisions the first quarter made. The way it actively pushed the "yay teamwork" message so hard, and the specific character traits the show did make the time to properly establish, and all these other things; it felt like they were really coming together in a meaningful way. Quote:
also wow i am bad at keeping track of writers
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OH, THIS! If I recall, Fukuda has only written six episodes for Q1, with Hasegawa maybe in the same number. I think it was a different set of writers that meddled with Kento's character and rationale during Q1 and it was Fukuda who wrote Kento back to his regular self during Dragonic's debut.
(Oh, and on a slightly related note: can I just say I really love that Genm Corp subs the credits too?)
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I'm kind of amazed at how divided opinions are on this episode, some people calling it horrible while others saying it's the best. I suppose it's weirdly fitting, since the episode itself is also about a division within a group.
Personally, I'm on team "it was great!" I actually spoiled myself by reading this thread before seeing the episode, but that didn't make it any worse, in fact it made the scenes of all the swordsmen happily planning a party together even more heartbreaking because I knew what was coming. I'm very curious about Reika's plan. It kept cutting back and forth between her talking on her phone and the Megid generals' base, which is clearly meant to imply they're working together, but I don't really believe that. None of the generals were talking to her, for starters. I think the Megid and the Southern Base traitors will be two separate organizations. And I like that the villain's plan to open the giant book still had consequences even though the heroes stopped it from fully succeeding. That outcome is much more interesting than if everything was fine. And I'm curious to see how the SOL will deal with the problem of humans being transformed into Megid...
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12-29-2020, 01:19 AM | #24 |
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I'm kind of amazed at how divided opinions are on this episode, some people calling it horrible while others saying it's the best. I suppose it's weirdly fitting, since the episode itself is also about a division within a group.
Personally, I'm on team "it was great!" I actually spoiled myself by reading this thread before seeing the episode, but that didn't make it any worse, in fact it made the scenes of all the swordsmen happily planning a party together even more heartbreaking because I knew what was coming. I'm very curious about Reika's plan. It kept cutting back and forth between her talking on her phone and the Megid generals' base, which is clearly meant to imply they're working together, but I don't really believe that. None of the generals were talking to her, for starters. I think the Megid and the Southern Base traitors will be two separate organizations. And I like that the villain's plan to open the giant book still had consequences even though the heroes stopped it from fully succeeding. That outcome is much more interesting than if everything was fine. And I'm curious to see how the SOL will deal with the problem of humans being transformed into Megid... Mei is still mei. There's really no link between her and touma aside from being his coworker editor friend. Not a childhood friend, not a IT support girl, or possess any talents/power or any string or tides aside from being a goofball to occasionally give a meaningful supportive speech. Honestly, sophia/luna/mei all could of been 1 girl to make it more interesting. Just consolidated their storyline somehow. Didnt expect the reika and saikou storyline to turn out like this. I wonder if saikou is still meta and self aware like tassel. We might end up like the zio vs build movie or akibaranger where reality is very warped. At the end, we still don't understand the mechanics is it our world in reality or fictional inside fictional. |
12-29-2020, 09:59 AM | #25 |
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Yeah, I actually thought the conflict was well justified in this episode.
Touma is still the rookie/relatively unknown member of the Guild. They also know that both Caliburs were corrupted in some way by their desire to obtain the Table of Revelation. Now Touma is coming back, accusing the Guild of having a traitor in its ranks, with nothing to really go off of but the words of the dead man who killed one of their own. And even then, they tried to calmly and non-violently take his belt and WonderRide books, and Touma made it clear he wasn't willing to part with his power. Even the way they went into battle I thought was well-done. Of course the hot-headed Ren, who idolized Kento, would jump in first. Then Rintaro, arguably the Guild's most devoted and loyal member would go in next. And then the other two go in to back them up. This could have maybe been built up over another episode or two but I thought it was...fine.
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Yeah, I actually thought the conflict was well justified in this episode.
Touma is still the rookie/relatively unknown member of the Guild. They also know that both Caliburs were corrupted in some way by their desire to obtain the Table of Revelation. Now Touma is coming back, accusing the Guild of having a traitor in its ranks, with nothing to really go off of but the words of the dead man who killed one of their own. And even then, they tried to calmly and non-violently take his belt and WonderRide books, and Touma made it clear he wasn't willing to part with his power. Even the way they went into battle I thought was well-done. Of course the hot-headed Ren, who idolized Kento, would jump in first. Then Rintaro, arguably the Guild's most devoted and loyal member would go in next. And then the other two go in to back them up. This could have maybe been built up over another episode or two but I thought it was...fine. In what universe was anyone on the Sword of Logos' side going to vouch for Touma just because of friendship and promises? Rintaro's entire fucking life IS the Sword of Logos and his character arc is nowhere near the point where he'd put anything before that. Ogami and Daishinji have been loyal to them for AT LEAST 15 years. Ren only knows justice, and as far as he's concerned, justice does not lie in the guy who went off on his own to have alone time with Calibur, only to come back and accuse the Sword of Logos of treachery. |
12-30-2020, 12:10 PM | #27 |
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I really enjoyed the camera work from the scene where Touma was fighting the rest of the Swords.
Random question? Would this group of Riders be called Saber Riders or Logos Riders? Like how I've seen a year of Riders named after the main, Decade Riders or named after their job, Doctor Riders. |
12-30-2020, 02:23 PM | #28 |
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Although I think job-based names like the Doctor Riders are for specific groups of riders within the show, not all the riders in that season. Like for example, Genm, Paradox, Poppy, Chronus and Nico aren't Doctor Riders.
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12-30-2020, 02:33 PM | #29 |
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Thank you for the clarification.
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12-30-2020, 07:40 PM | #30 |
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I really enjoyed the camera work from the scene where Touma was fighting the rest of the Swords.
Random question? Would this group of Riders be called Saber Riders or Logos Riders? Like how I've seen a year of Riders named after the main, Decade Riders or named after their job, Doctor Riders. |
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